[27.03.2012]
The Hollywood News berichtet über die Rekord-Einspielergebnisse...[...] We all expected the film to do very well, and indeed very well it did; to the tune of $155 million in box-office green in its homeland, North America. That makes the film the third biggest opening of all time and indeed the highest opening for a non-sequel in the US and Canada… ever. Only THE DARK KNIGHT ($158 M) and HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 ($169 M) took more in their first three days, and they were both highly anticipated follow-ups to previous films that already had a large audience.
So, THE HUNGER GAMES shoved the previous number three opener, SPIDER-MAN 3, out of the way (that film took $151 M for Sony Pictures on its debut), and indeed into fourth spot on the all-time chart. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON rounds out the all time top five movie openers Stateside with $144 M taken in uts first three days.
Internationally, THG bagged another $59.3 from other markets, including the UK, sending its total take to a little over $214 million...
It’s estimated that THE HUNGER GAMES cost around $60 million to make. [...]

[25.03.2012]
CS! berichtet über die US-Einspielergebnisse...Gary Ross' adaptation of Suzanne Collins' popular sci-fi novel The Hunger Games opened at midnight on Thursday night and after raking in $19.7 million in midnight screenings, it grossed another $48.5 million on Friday for an opening day gross of $68.2 million. That is the fifth biggest opening day for a movie domestically as well as the fifth biggest single day gross. [...]

[24.02.2012]
CS! meldet...
Fandango announced today that advance ticketing records were set by Lionsgate's upcoming big screen adaptation The Hunger Games, which has already sold out hundreds of showtimes in advance of the film's March 23 release date. Even though the film doesn't open for another month, the first-day ticket sales on Wednesday, February 22 broke the previous first day advance ticket-seller record held by The Twilight Saga: Eclipse on Friday, May 14, 2010.
"'The Hunger Games' is off to a fantastic start," says Rick Butler, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Fandango. "Yesterday we saw the biggest first day advance ticketing sales in our company's nearly 12-year history - which is especially impressive for a March release and a non-sequel."
Theater owners are continuing to add new showtimes, while fans are scooping up advance tickets. [...]

[17.01.2012]
TheWrap meldet...Lionsgate's "Hunger Games" franchise is moving full steam ahead. While the first film in the planned trilogy won't hit theaters until March 23, work has already begun on its sequel, TheWrap has confirmed.
Simon Beaufoy ("Slumdog Millionaire," "127 Hours") is writing the script for "Catching Fire." Gary Ross, who directed "Hunger Games," will also direct the sequel and is supervising the writing of the script. [...]
Stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson and Liam Hemsworth are expected to return for "Catching Fire," which will hit theaters Nov. 22, 2013. The release date was announced while the first film was still shooting.
The "Hunger Games" literary trilogy -- which also includes "Mockingjay" -- has sold more than 16 million copies worldwide.

[27.12.2011]
Bei Facebook wurde über die Top Ten der eingereichten Poster von Fans abgestimmt... Und bei EW.com gibt es neue Infos zum Soundtrack...[...] Last week, Taylor Swift unveiled the album’s first single "Safe and Sound," a collaboration with the Civil Wars. Over the weekend, the remainder of the lineup got fleshed out a bit, with Universal announcing that the disc will also include contributions from the Decemberists and Win Butler & Regine Chassagne of Arcade Fire.
The soundtrack album, produced by T-Bone Burnett (fresh off his Oscar victory for his work on Crazy Heart), will also include vocal contributions from Lawrence herself on "Rue’s Lullaby." [..] Danny Elfman was originally supposed to co-create the score alongside Burnett, but scheduling conflicts prevented him from participating. James Newton Howard, who also replaced Elfman on The Green Hornet, has taken the reigns in his stead. [...]

[06.12.2011]
CS! meldet...Though it was reported earlier this year that Danny Elfman would be teaming with T Bone Burnett for the upcoming The Hunger Games, Variety now claims that Elfman has departed the novel adaptation due to conflicts in his busy schedule. Instead, James Newton Howard will be stepping in, still planning to work with Burnett. [...]

[16.11.2011]
Deadline meldet...Lionsgate is getting serious about the second installment of The Hunger Games. The mini-major is courting Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire scribe Simon Beaufoy to write Catching Fire, the second installment of the three book series that tracks the life and death adventures of Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence). I’m told that Gary Ross, who directed The Hunger Games, is coming back for the sequel. He originally intended to write the outline for the second film and script it with author Suzanne Collins (they teamed to do a lot of writing on the first film), but the post production schedule on The Hunger Games has made that difficult. The film opens March 23. There is no start date on the sequel, but it is high priority. Ross and producers Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik then focused on Beaufoy. Negotiations haven’t begun yet, but Lionsgate is pushing hard for Beaufoy. Aside from Slumdog Millionaire, Beaufoy also scripted 127 Hours, The Full Monty and most recently adapted Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. There is extra heat on the series after Lionsgate released the well received first trailer. [...]